Author: jspeer

  • Day 1,749 – By Way of Explanation

    Day 1,749 – By Way of Explanation

    Everybody always asks me, “Jeremy, given your half-baked socialist agenda and general dislike of all things British especially where their history with Ireland is concerned, why are you such a sucker for Downton Abbey and before that the various productions of Upstairs, Downstairs?” Ok, nobody has ever asked me that. But it’s true, I am…

  • Day 1,680 – A Gentle Defense of Facebook

    Day 1,680 – A Gentle Defense of Facebook

    I agree with all the opinions stating Facebook and its dear leader must do more to combat the misleading and out-and-out false paid advertising infesting the platform. But I’d also like to point out users could do more to improve the situation as well.

  • Day 1,358 – Grind This

    Day 1,358 – Grind This

    Got Beef? Not too long ago there was a ground beef recall issued. I took the opportunity to trash the American beef industry and toot my own horn in the process on Facebook. The other day my local grocery store had a “buy one, get one” deal on bottom round roasts and chuck steak for…

  • Day 1,300 – Write What You Know

    Day 1,300 – Write What You Know

    Poop Bags Reading the comments at Amazon regarding dog poop bags is exhausting. Between the emotionally fraught ones, the lack of punctuation in many, the less than common spellings of words, and the occasional “these are poop bags, not cancer treatments, why are you arguing so much?” queries it’s almost impossible to come away with…